Cross-slide carriage for turning and facing blanks



March 15, 1927. 1,620,868

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" UNITED STATES v 1,620,868 v PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. BURGER, or EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T rHE' WARNER AND SWASEY COMPANY, or cLEvELAND, OHIO, a1 CORPORATION OF OHIO.

cRoss-sLInE cARRIAGE FOR TURNING 'ANDFACING. BLANKS.

Application filed April 7,

This invention relates to an improved cross slide carriage for turning and facing bevel gear and other blanks.

The principal object of the presentinven- 5 tion is to provide a turning and facing machine wherein the greatest possible efficiency is obtained in turning and facing bevel" gear blanks and the like by the provision on a machine of the lathe type, of an improved cross slide carriage having compounded tool slides adaptedto be provided with tools forturning and facing blanks ofthe type above stated, together with means for simultaneously operating both slides so astodo the work for which the machine is designed efficiently and accurately, with the tools traveling in the correct angular directions and with minimum idle movements.

A further object is to obtain the above results with my invention embodied-in the form of an attachmentwhich can beiapplied. in a very effective manner to a standard machine such as a turret lathe or engine-lathe so as to transform the machine temporarily into a very eflicient turning and facing machine for turning and facing bevel gear blanks and the like.

A further object of my invention is .to provide means whereby this above stated transformation of a standard machine may be made in a very simplified way by remov- 'ing'only a few parts of the standard machine and by sliding the attachment into place with the requirement of but little time. A further object is to attain the desired results with a cross slide carriage having a plurality of tool slides which are moved in their individual paths which may be adjusted at will, from a unitary point or by a com- 40 mon member serving to cause the slides to move simultaneously in the desired manner, whereby the results are obtained with efficient but greatly simplified mechanism.

A further object is tocarry out the results desired with an attachment which can be readily applied to a standard carriage of the lathe, and to provide'certain mechanism for moving the slides, capable of being-operated by. the mechanism of a standard lathe, either from the usual cross slide operating mechanism or from the usual turret operating mechanism as may be desired.

The invention may be briefly summarized as consisting in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts which will be de- 1922. Serial No. 550,256...

of the invention,'Fig. 1 is atransverse sectional view throughthe bed of a latheshowmg in elevation my improved cross slide carr1age,'this view illustrating a machine which is designed primarily as a machine for turn .ing and facing bevel gear blanks or blanks 6 of similar nature; Fig.2 is a similar view with the slides omitted, showing my invention in that embodiment thereof wherein it is in the form of an attachment to the cross slide carriage of astandard lathe; Fig. 3 is 0 a top plan view with parts in section and parts broken away, showing the improved carriage irrespective of whether the invention is applied as van attachment asin Fig. 2,

or constitutes a part .ofa machine designed solely for the'purpose stated; Fig. 4 is a I transverse sectional view'substantially along the dotted line 44 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view substantially along the line 55 of Fig. 4, lookingin the direction indicated by the arrows; Fig. 6 is a sectional view substantially along the irregular line 66 of Fig. 4, Figs. 2 to 6 showing the slides of the carriage operated by the usual or standard mechanism of the cross slide carriage; Fig. 7 is a partial plan view; and Fig. 8 is aoview partly in section and partly I in elevation showing'a modification wherein the slides are moved by the turret, which in turn is moved by the standard turret operating mechanism. I 5 c I v I 1 Referring nowto the drawings, 10 repre- I sents a lathe bed adapted to accommodate a cross'slide carriage which when the machine is designed solely or for permanent use in turning and facingblanks such as bevel gear blanks, will be preferably in the form shown I at 11 in Fig.1, and will comprise a casting I which extends across the bed and engages 9 the front andrear ways 12 of the bed and an apron 11 which is'bolte'd thereto. "Generally, however, my invention is applied as an attachment to a lathe "which is adaptable for other purposes also. I In that event, a standard carriage such as shown at 18 in Fig. 2 and other figures will be employed, this carriage then, engaging the front upper way 12 of the bed and having an apron 47 bolted to the carriage and engaging the lower sup- 1 directed. By referring tothese views it will be noted that I have shown the feed'shaft 44, which in accordance with standard lathe practice carries'a worm 45 (see Fig. 4 and F ig.- 6) arranged between a pair of shoulders 46 of the :carriage apron 47, the worm being splined tothe shaft so as to turn therewith and slide along the same. This worm engages a worm wheel 48, best shown in Fig. 6, which worm wheel is mounted on and fixed to the hub of a spur gear 49 which meshes with a spur gear 50, mounted on a stationary shaft 51 which is carried by the apron; Formed integral with, or attached to the spur gear 50, as may be desired, is a clutch member 52, and this co-operates with a second clutch member53 designed to be controlled by a'hand' lever 54 at the front of the apron. IVhen the lever is swung upward there is a camming action produced by cam faces shown at 55 which causes the member '53to'move inward to engage the clutch member 52 by a heavy frictional grip so'that it will rotate with it, as shown in Fig. 6. Vhen thehand lever 54 is swung upwardto cause the clutch to become engaged, a spring actuated plunger 56 carried by the lever slips into a bushing 57 carried by the apron (see Fig. 2). Extending into this bushing from the opposite direction is a spring actuatedreleasing pin- 58,'and this is adapted to be movedoutwardly so as to force out or disengage the plunger 56 from the bushing so as to cause the clutch to be disengaged by the lowering of the lever 54 by gravity, resulting in the disengagement of the cam faces 55 this taking place when the tools carried by the two slides have completed their cutting Inthis instance the pin 58 is moved to the left, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to force the'spring plunger out of the bushing, by a .vertically movable trip rod 59 which when depressed has a cam action on the'end of the pin'5 8. The upper end of this trip rod 59 is adapted to be engaged by an adjustable collar 60 which is adjustably secured to a rod 61 whichhas its forwardor outer end attached tothe block 37, which as before stated, is moved by the cross slide feed screw 35 and with the main rack bar The clutch member 53, which as before stated, is designed to beengaged by the clutch member 52 is provided on its periphery with spur gear teeth 62 which engage a pinion 63 (see Fig. 6) which pinion is sp'lined to and slidably mounted on the cross slidefeed' screw 35. In order that the rotation of the pinion 63 may be caused to give mitting movement from the feed shaft to the screw constitute the usual mechanism of a standard cross slide "carriage used with lathes- Y Likewise it will be understood that while I have "shown the details'of the cross slide shown in Fig. 1,*the only difference being that in the case of the attachment the regular cross slide is removed and the base plate .15 substituted, in which event I obtain the equivalent of the carriage shown in Fig. 1, which asbefore stated, is designed to remain constantly on the lathe bed.

lVhenit is desired to apply the attachment of Figs. 2 tot, the regular cross slide of the carriage is removed by first removing the hand wheel 36 and dial 38, whereupon the cross slide can be slid outwards from the carriage. Then the supporting casting 17 is placed on the rear-way 12 and the clamp 18 is adjusted, and then the attachment is slid into' the place previously occupied 'by the regular cross slide and locked to the carriage by tightening the gib screws and fastened also to the supporting casting 17. Then to put the attachment into operative condition it is only necessary to slip [the block 37 onto the feed screw, restore the dial.

38 and handle 36, and fasten the outer ends of the main rack bar 34 and of the rod 61 to the block 37.

Then the attachment is moved up to prop-' er position with respect to the work spindle, and it is locked into place, and when the tool slide supports have been properly positioned on the carriage or base plate and the tools 11 ve been properly set in the holders carried by the tool slides 23 and 24 and a blank has 7 been loaded on the work spindle, the attachment' is operated simply by moving the hand lever 54 to a .nearly horizontal position which will cause the feed screw 35 to be rotated by the feed shaft 44 and so cause the mainrack bar to be moved in an endwise direction, and the latter willimpart to the tool slides their-feeding movement. When all the'tools have completed their cutting, themovement of the tool slides is automatically'stopped' by the stop collar 60 which disengages the clutch, this stop member having been previously'set to the desired position. The tool slides are preferably retracted by inanually turning the hand wheel 36 which causes the rack bar to be moved endwise in the reverse direction. The finished blank is now removed from the work spindle and the machine is then ready for the next blank, for which'the operations above described are'repeated; I In the use of this attachment it is genstandard :mechanisni, 0t lathe.

carriage? and r: attachment have been posier-ally unnecessary to.movo the cross: slide carriagelengthwise of the bed. Only in the event; thatblanks arebeing machined which require an unusual amount o f:load:-. ingrspace is it necessary. to movethe cross slide carriageawayfrom the work: spindle, but inthat eventit is only necessary to move ita: few inches to providethe necessary space for loading the latter, and then the cross slide carriageis again moved up to its loade mg: position. Nhen the conditionsrequire I tioned fro Jerl with resoect to the blank P l .l l

toz-the lathe. bedagainst longitudinal moveon the workspindle; the carriage is clamped ment thereof, and for this purpose,I may use clamping; lever; 74, shown in vF1 gs. fland 5; which lever when turned in one d1- rectionshifts a clamping bar? 5 which solidly-:-clampsthe carriage to'the-front Way. Unlessit is necessary-1 to move the carriage lengthwise of the bed; this lever 74 need ,not be: disturbedwhen'a series of blanks are being-;n1ac'hined. In" that event the carriage remainsqcontinuously clamped to the front Way 12 of the lathe bed by the clamp 75, and atthe'sametime the supporting casting 17 (samba clamped bythe clamping memher; 18wto'the rear way otthelathe bed to securely lock the carriage'to the lathe bed to preventendwise movement. On the other hand, when conditions makeit necessary or advisable that the carriage be moved-away from the work"spindleto provide moreroom forloadingpurposes, and then be moved up to operative position, I'may employ an adjustablestop clamped to a part of'thelathe .bed with an adjustable member; against which the carriage may be positioned orengagedwhenthe carriage hasbeen moved up J10 its working osition after the work spindle hasbee-n loaded and just before the carriage is clamped in place.

Iha've previously stated that the-two tool slides of the carriage instead of beingmoved by the mechan1smof the cross slide carriag'e may be moved by the turret, and that embodimenfiof the invention is shown in Figs? and 8.- Inthese views, 7 firepresents conventionally the turrent of -a turret lathe, which turret'is-mounted upon a saddle 77 which is -slidably mounted on the ways '12 ot the lathe bed 'in' the customary mannen It is to be understood-that the usual mecha-. nism will -be -provided for moving the turmsea-ees let-saddle, andthat theusual trip inechanism will; be provided also to stop the move- 'ment of the saddle at apredetermined point.

These parts or-meohanism I: have i'not shown as they. constitute. standard parts of a turret lathe p The r-attachment'.operated by the turretis constructed precisely: like that" first de-: scribed,- eXcept as: regards the; mechanism for shifting in an endwise tli rection the main. rack: bar 34 ,andtherefore in Figs.; 7 and-8 I have not endeavored to" show all the parts oli the attachment, as such-showingwouldbea mere repetition -of what is shown in the preceding figures;

For the purpose of moving the mainrack' bar 34 inan endwisedirection to move the toolslides carrying the facingwandturning tools, I secure to oneiace ofthe turret 76 a rigidbracket 78 which extends down to; or'slightly below the levelot-the ways: 12 otthelathe bed. 'To the- -lower end :of this bracketl securely fasten by setwscrews-79 or otherwise, a racle bar 80 which extends lengthwise ot the lathe bed-between the ways .12. Thisr'ack 'bar' extends through an opening in the'lowercentral part: of-- the base-plate which is here designa-ted115 this opening affording a bearingl-8lifor therack bar 80 as clearl'yshownin Figg'8r The o en ing which receives the rack' bar '80 i may be formed in an integral portion ofithe base plate, or in a: part bolted to it, as for ex.- ample, it maybe formed in a part 'ofi the supporting casting l7 shownin 'Fig 2r In Fig-. 8 the .openingwwhich receives; the rack bar is formed in member I 82 bolted to the underside of the base-plate.

For the purpose-0t causing. the movement of'the rack-bar SO-to be transmitted-to-the main rack bar-.34; which as already eX-. plained; moves crossfwise of the lathe bed; through-the base plate,-- I mount in the base plate or in the member .82, incase a} separate memben isemployed as; shown in Fig-., 8; a: short vertieal shaft 83 provided at its lower endwith; -a pinionl-284c :whichengages the-rackkbar 80 (this 'pinion-being-shown by dotted lines'in'Fig 8), and the. shaft is -provided at itsuppfer end with a pinion 85 which engages the main rack bar 34;; this last mentioned. pinion being, shown. in. both Figs 7 and 8; i

' Thus with this Construction, assumingthat the-attachment has been mounted on' the standardcarriage in-the manner already explained, and'the latter has been-fixed to-the lathe bed to cause the slides-to; be moved so that the tools will performtheirturning and facing; tunctions;v the turret saddle 77 isgmoved forwardlyby throwing in the I power-feed,- and when? all the tools-have completed their cutting, the automatic-tripping device which is previously set stops the movement of theturret and then the turret havebeen retracted a proper distance by the backward movement of the saddle the movement of the turret will be stopped either antomatically or manually.

It will beseen therefrom from the foregoing description that I have'provided an improved cross slide carriage and a turning and facing attachment involving the'use of compounded tool slides simultaneously operated by oneoperatingmember to simultaneously perform turning and facing functions on surfaces of-a blank having any relation to one another. Likewise it will be seen that the objects stated at the beginning of the specification are very efiectively attained by my invention.

'While I have shown certain embodiments of my invention, I do not desire to be confined to the exact details or precise arrangements shown, but aim to cover all modificationswhich do not involve a departure from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In amachine tool, a bed, front and rear tool slides for supporting cutting tools.

adapted for simultaneous operation on the same work-piece, a common supporting member on the bed for said slides, and means for simultaneously operating the slides com- 'prising a rotary member, and a common the slides.

' sliding member on said supporting member betweenthe rotary member and the slides.

2. In a machine tool, a bed, front and rear tool slides adapted to be provided with cutting tools, acommon support on the bed for said slides, and means for simultaneously moving the slides comprising a common sliding member on said support and rotary means between. said member and j 3. In a machine tool, a bed, across slide carriage having'front and rear tool slides,

and a common sliding member supported by said carriage and rotary means betweensaid member and the slides for simultaneously moving the slides.

4. In a machine tool, a bed, front and rear 'tool slides adapted to be provided with tools for simultaneous work on a blank,

'means comprising an endwise movable rack bar and pinions operated thereby for simultaneously moving said slides.

5. Ina machine tool, a pair of toolslides adapted to be provided with tools for simultaneous operation on a blank, swivel supports for said slides, and a common sliding member for simultaneously operating the slides.

v 6. In a machine tool, a pair of tool slides adapted to be provided with tools for simultaneous operation on a blank, swivel supportsfor said slides, anda rack bar for slides adapted to be provided with tools for simultaneously operating on a blank, swivel supportsfor said slides, a common support on which said swivel supports are'mounted and to which the latter are adapted to be secured after adjustment, and a rack bar for simultaneously moving said slides on their supports.

9. .In a machine tool, a cross slide carriage having a plurality of swivel supports ad- A justably mounted thereon, -atool slide mounted for movement on eachswivel suport and a common slidin member on said carriage for simultaneously shifting the slides on the swivel supports.

10. An attachment for a crossslide carriage comprising a supporting member adapted to be secured to the carriage,

swivels carried by said member and arranged for angular adjustment thereon, toolslides mounted on said swivels, and a common slid} ing member for actuating the same.

11. An attachment for a cross slide -car riage comprising a supporting member adapted to be secured to the carriage, swivels carried by said member and arranged forangular adjustment thereon, tool slides mounted on said swivels, and an endwise movable rack bar for simultaneously shifting the slides on the swivels. r

12. In a machine tool, a bed having a cross slide carriage, an attachment therefor comprising a support adapted to be applied to the carriage, a plurality of tool slides mounted on said support, and a common sliding member for simultaneously shifting the slides independently.

18. In a machine tool, a bed having a cross slide carriage, an attachment therefor comprising a support adapted to be applied to the carriage, a plurality of tool slides mounted on said support, a commonmember for simultaneously shifting the slides, and means whereby said member may be moved by 1a power operated part of the machine too 14. In a machine tool, a bed having a cross slide carriage, an attachment therefor comprising a slide supporting member adapted to be secured to the carriage, swiv els carried by said member and adapted to be angularly adjusted thereon, slides carried "by the swivels, and -a common member forvsimultaneously moving the slides.

15. In a machine tool a bed havin 'v a cross slide carriage, an attachment. therefor com comprising .a base member carrying a plurality of slides, each having a rack, .a "common endwise movable operating rack, .and pinion devices for. connecting said common operating rackto the racksof the slides.

. 17 -.':A turning anddacingattachment for the cross slide carriage of a maehine tool comprising a base member adapted to be 7 the base-member andadapted-to be adjusted secured to the "carriage, swivels mounted on angularly thereon, slides vmounted on the swivels, raekscarri-ed 'by the slides, a common operating rack carriedby the base'memher, and pinion devices co-axial -with the axes of the"svvivels,;andserving-to operatively connect the common operating rack:

of the baseamember with the racks of :the slides. V

18. Imailathe the combination of the-lathe spindleymeans for securing the-Work thereto for rotation therewith, I ansaddle mounted upon the lathe, a longitudinally movable tool support mounted on-said saddle, a transverselymovable toolsupport mounted on saidsaddle, afeedbar carried by said saddle adapted to engage" said tool support-s simultaneously to cause saidfirst named tool support to-movelong1tuchnally and said second named tool suppo-rt to move transversely of the-axis ot' saidlathe, and :actuatingmeans 7 carried by said saddle adapted when operated to move said feed bar to engage and move said tool supports.

19,; In a lathe the combination of the lathe spindle, -means for securing the Work thereto neamsea for rotation therewith, a saddle mounted upon the lathe, ai longitudinally movable tool supportanountedon' said saddle, a transversely unovable tool support mounted on said saddle, feed har carried by said saddle adapted 1 to ,engage said I tool supports simultaneously to cause saidfirst named tool support 7 to hmove longitudinally and said second named tool support "to move: trans verselyof the axis of saidfllathe, actuating means carried by said saddle= adapte 'cllwhenoperated to nnove said i feed bar *to 1v engage and JIIOYBSZllCl' lOOlr' supports i andnneans iior retracting 'SfilCl f89Cl bar.

.20. In a. lathe," the eombinationzo'itz a: lathe s indle means for securin thevwork: there-- to -for-1. rotation therewith, saddlefimounted upon 1 the lathe, a'l longitudinally smovable' tool support mounted on the saddle, a transversely movable 1' tool 1supportnnorintd on the: saddle, a :teed :bar earriedizbyizthe saddle and supported thereby;iindependently 40f;

bot-h tool supports, andioperative'ly eonnected to said tool supports so"that' tvhen:actuated itwilbmove b'oth toolsupports simultaneously, and a'ctua-tingemeans carried iibyl the saddle adapteclr'wheni; operated to :move said feed bar. 5 1

:21. In a latheythe combination-rot the lathe spindle; means' iforzsecuring itheaworl:

thereto for rotation therewith, a saddle:

mounted upon .ithei lathe, a i longitudinally movable tool support mounted onl'ithe saddle, 1a 7 transversely movable 1 tool support mounted on the saddle,:: a transversely :mov-- ableteed bar carriedrbyiand: supported' by:

the saddle: independently of the tool .LSUP- ports, 'smovement transmitting :amean's between said feed,.-bar-and:both tool. supports and serving x-to vhsimulti-tneouslytransmit movement tromfithe feed bar to both xtool= supports, a and :actuating'umeans carried .by the saddlewand adapted wvh'enoperatedato move said feed bar and thereby cause it to move both tool supports.

1 In testimony'whereof, I ihereunto aflix *7 my" signature. 7

WILLIAM Jensen-R.- 

